Beetle Appreciation Diversity and Classification of Common Beetle Families Christopher E. Carlton Louisiana State Arthropod Museum Coleoptera Families Everyone Should Know (Checklist) Suborder Adephaga Suborder Polyphaga, cont. •Carabidae Superfamily Scarabaeoidea •Dytiscidae •Lucanidae •Gyrinidae •Passalidae Suborder Polyphaga •Scarabaeidae Superfamily Staphylinoidea Superfamily Buprestoidea •Ptiliidae •Buprestidae •Silphidae Superfamily Byrroidea •Staphylinidae •Heteroceridae Superfamily Hydrophiloidea •Dryopidae •Hydrophilidae •Elmidae •Histeridae Superfamily Elateroidea •Elateridae Coleoptera Families Everyone Should Know (Checklist, cont.) Suborder Polyphaga, cont. Suborder Polyphaga, cont. Superfamily Cantharoidea Superfamily Cucujoidea •Lycidae •Nitidulidae •Cantharidae •Silvanidae •Lampyridae •Cucujidae Superfamily Bostrichoidea •Erotylidae •Dermestidae •Coccinellidae Bostrichidae Superfamily Tenebrionoidea •Anobiidae •Tenebrionidae Superfamily Cleroidea •Mordellidae •Cleridae •Meloidae •Anthicidae Coleoptera Families Everyone Should Know (Checklist, cont.) Suborder Polyphaga, cont. Superfamily Chrysomeloidea •Chrysomelidae •Cerambycidae Superfamily Curculionoidea •Brentidae •Curculionidae Total: 35 families of 131 in the U.S. Suborder Adephaga Family Carabidae “Ground and Tiger Beetles” Terrestrial predators or herbivores (few). 2600 N. A. spp. Suborder Adephaga Family Dytiscidae “Predacious diving beetles” Adults and larvae aquatic predators. 500 N. A. spp. Suborder Adephaga Family Gyrindae “Whirligig beetles” Aquatic, on water surface. Adults weak predators/scavengers, larvae predaceous. 56 N.A. spp. Suborder Polyphaga* Family Ptiliidae “Featherwinged beetles” www.zin.ru/.../Coleoptera/ images/pteforkm.jpg Adults and larvae fungivorous. 117 N.A. spp. *all families from this point belong tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/ acrotrichine.gif to this suborder Family Silphidae “Carrion and sexton beetles” Scavengers and/or predators or herbivores (few). 30 N.A. species Family Staphylinidae “Rove and short-winged mold beetles” Predators, fungivores, and parasitoids (few). 4200 N.A. spp. Family Hydrophilidae “Water scavenger beetles” Larvae predaceous, adults scavengers, aquatic or semiaquatic. 284 N.A. spp. Family Histeridae “Hister beetles” Predators or adapted to life with social insects. 440 N.A. spp. Family Lucanidae “Stag beetles” Saproxylic (wood inhabiting) fungivores as larvae. Adults typically do not feed. 24 N.A. spp. Family Passalidae “Bess bugs, betsy bugs, patent leather beetle” Saproxylic fungivores. 1 eastern species. Family Scarabaeidae “Scarabs” Phytophagous (most) or scatophagous. 1400 N.A. spp. Family Buprestidae “Metallic wood boring beetles” Lavae feed on live, dead, or dying wood. Adults pollen or fluids. Family Elateridae “Click beetles” Larvae predatory or herbivorous. Adults feed on fluid or pollen. 965 N. A. spp. Family Heteroceridae “Mud-loving beetles” Aquatic grazers. 34 N.A. species. Family Dryopidae “Long-toed water beetles” Aquatic grazers. 13 N.A. spp. Family Elmidae “Riffle beetles” Aquatic grazers. 85 N.A. spp. Family Lycidae “Net-winged beetles” Larvae predatory or perhaps fungivorous in forest litter. Adults feed on fluids. 76 N.A. spp. Family Cantharidae “Soldier beetles” Larvae predatory in forest litter. Adults feed on pollen or fluids. 473 N.A. spp. Family Lampyridae “Fireflies, lightningbugs” Many species bioluminescent. Predators. 125 N.A. spp. Family Dermestidae “Carpet, hide beetles” Scavengers of protein-rich or starchy substances. 123 N.A. spp. Family Bostrichidae “Twig borers and powderpost beetles” Most feed on wood, some on stored products. 71 N.A. spp. Family Anobiidae “Deathwatch, furniture and spider beetles” Scavengers on many dry substrates; also in dry wood. 470 N.A. spp. Family Cleridae “Checkered beetles” Predators or scavengers of proteins (few). 291 N.A. spp. Family Nitidulidae “Sap beetles” Fungivores or on in nutrient rich fluids, predatory (few), herbivorous (few). 183 N.A. spp. Family Silvanidae “Flat grain beetles” Fungivores or scavengers of starches. 32 N.A. spp. Family Cucujidae “Flat bark beetles” Predators under bark. 3 N.A. spp. Family Erotylidae “Pleasing fungus and lizard beetles” Fungivorous or herbivorous (few). 50 N.A. spp. Family Coccinellidae “Lady beetles” Predators and herbivores (few). 475 N.A. spp. Family Tenebrionidae “Darking and comb- clawed beetles” Scavengers, fungivores, starchy substrates. 1000 N.A. spp. Family Mordellidae “Tumbling flower beetles” Fungivorous as larvae, pollen feeders as adults. 200 N.A. spp. Family Meloidae “Blister beetles” Hypermetamorphic parasitic larvae, herbivorous adults. 400 N. A. spp. Family Anthicidae “Ant-like stone beetles” Scavengers in dry habitats. 232 N. A. spp. Family Chrysomelidae “Leaf beetles and seed weevils” Herbivorous; foliage or in seeds (Bruchinae). 1500 N. A. spp. Family Cerambycidae “Long-horned beetles” Larvae are wood borers, adults on flowers or fluids. 1000 N. A. spp. Family Brentidae “Primitive weevils” Fungivorous in dead wood or inside live plants. 151 N.A. spp. Family Curculionidae “Weevils, bark and ambrosia beetles” Feed within plant tissues. 3000+ N. A. spp. Please note that images used in this presentation are for educational use and are not to be distributed or used in any other context. Thanks..